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make the narrative problem a loss worse for the obama campaign? >> it is if the polls that were taken out in the field in the beginning of this week are the same as the ones we saw that were taken, you know, friday night and in to the weekend and they continue to confirm that mitt romney's really surging in all the right places and that would become a problem. if there's sort of, you know, a draw between biden and ryan, where we say, boy, they both really did pretty well. ryan held his own, biden didn't say something crazy and they both have a lot of knowledge if not experience but they're credible and qualified and the obama ticket didn't mess up and then you saw in the polls more of a settling, i think you'd have a more competitive situation going in to tuesday night when obama has to face romney again. but if you see a great performance by ryan, some kind of self emolation of biden and surging past president obama, it's really going to put the pressure on president obama to do something starkly different on tuesday than he did last week. >> a.b
make the narrative problem a loss worse for the obama campaign? >> it is if the polls that were taken out in the field in the beginning of this week are the same as the ones we saw that were taken, you know, friday night and in to the weekend and they continue to confirm that mitt romney's really surging in all the right places and that would become a problem. if there's sort of, you know, a draw between biden and ryan, where we say, boy, they both really did pretty well. ryan held his...
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if the turnout is over 9%, obama should win the lead among them is massive. do you think that turnout will be the thing to make the difference in nevada, colorado, florida, perhaps virginia, those competitive states with growing latino populations? >> if obama wins colorado and virginia you have to attribute it in part to that margin. when's sort of interesting, that's difficult to measure well and not all pollsters using spanish-speaking interviews and the rest but the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll i believe gave president obama 70% and the same as the decisions poll of the last week. that's actually slightly higher than percentage than the exit poll four years ago and equals the margin of four years ago, that's something different from everybody else except probably african-american voters where the numbers have gone down so i think that's right. >> mark, in a way, governor romney is sort of defying gravity if you look how unpopular the republican party is as a whole. their favorable/unfavorable ratings have them under water, the generic sort of repub
if the turnout is over 9%, obama should win the lead among them is massive. do you think that turnout will be the thing to make the difference in nevada, colorado, florida, perhaps virginia, those competitive states with growing latino populations? >> if obama wins colorado and virginia you have to attribute it in part to that margin. when's sort of interesting, that's difficult to measure well and not all pollsters using spanish-speaking interviews and the rest but the nbc...
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bump in the set for obama. what he's saying there is he's arguing against math. the idea that you can cut faxes 20%, can you tell taxes for everybody and it's deficit neutral and faye for it by closing unspecified loop moles and dealing with deductions. that is the romney position. it's up to bahama to make romney get specific about it to say okay. it's easy to say you deal with the deductions and it's easy to say it's deficit neutral and let's talk about the specific deductions and talk about the home interest deduction and health care deduction and the charitable giving deduction. these are things that people rely on and things that are popular with voters. let's put mitt romney on the spot here and say if you pay for it with deductions, this is on the table. are you telling middle class americans these things are at table. obama never did that last night. there are three specific problems for him if he behaves this way in future debates. he doesn't look like a leader so passive like that. the second thing is
bump in the set for obama. what he's saying there is he's arguing against math. the idea that you can cut faxes 20%, can you tell taxes for everybody and it's deficit neutral and faye for it by closing unspecified loop moles and dealing with deductions. that is the romney position. it's up to bahama to make romney get specific about it to say okay. it's easy to say you deal with the deductions and it's easy to say it's deficit neutral and let's talk about the specific deductions and talk about...
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in the rasmussen polls over the last two days, obama is doing better. that's consistent with the trend i talked about earlier. the question is whether obama gets an outsized bounce in states like ohio, nevada and iowa where he was doing better than nationally. if you look at all of the national polls conducted since the first debate, what you see is about a three point gain for romney. if that holds and if that uniformly filtering down to the battleground states, romney would still trail in iowa, ohio and alabama and obama would have a slight advantage ♪ electoral college. >> continuing our theme of what really matters, let's talk about the polls. obviously, polls don't vote. but do they sway the electorate? do they see one person as leading or gaining and some people decide to change their vote? is there some science on do polls actually shape the election itself? >> i don't think there's very much evidence that polls shift the election. if they did, i think we would see, you know, a clearer sign of that. what i think the public reacts to that is mom
in the rasmussen polls over the last two days, obama is doing better. that's consistent with the trend i talked about earlier. the question is whether obama gets an outsized bounce in states like ohio, nevada and iowa where he was doing better than nationally. if you look at all of the national polls conducted since the first debate, what you see is about a three point gain for romney. if that holds and if that uniformly filtering down to the battleground states, romney would still trail in...
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people that have been to the ground offices say the obama offices are all about obamament the romney offices are rnc offices and not always all about romney. that leads a conservative like joe scarborough to worry about what's happening that the obama offices are building this unparalleled turnout machine and the great irony that scarborough writes for the romney camp is their candidate drirch by data and numbers his entire life is relying on the most unpredi unpredictable force of all, human emotion, to pull him over the top. i don't understand why romney and the gop have allowed this to happen? >> if it were just about having offices, obama would be in a clear lead in states like florida he's not. i think i completely agree with you in the case of ohio, that my sense of ohio have been been there a couple times over the year in various towns and cities is that they don't think obama's done a particularly good job, but they're very skeptical of romney. so i think it's going to come down to party politics. democrats voting for democrats and republicans voting for republicans. in that
people that have been to the ground offices say the obama offices are all about obamament the romney offices are rnc offices and not always all about romney. that leads a conservative like joe scarborough to worry about what's happening that the obama offices are building this unparalleled turnout machine and the great irony that scarborough writes for the romney camp is their candidate drirch by data and numbers his entire life is relying on the most unpredi unpredictable force of all, human...
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the heart of romney's argument against obama is obama hasn't helped the economy. ohio is a state it is doing better than the national of a range the auto bailout has a practical effect on people's lives, know people working in auto plant, suppliers of auto plant and the natural gas boom, a little beneath the radar has helped the unemployment rate in ohio. that is has resulted in obama dog better nationally better than nationalism people talking about the possibility romney could pull out of ohio and still win. i think that's very difficult to envision. if romney loses ohio, in particular if ohio is long gone, obama is going to win you can the votes aren't there else where to make up for the loss of those 18 electoral votes. >> nate, i want to talk about you, talk about you for a second? >> if you really want. >> you are the political blogging star of 2012. you are the hot new guy that all the smart kids want to read and talk about and listen to. how does that feel to be the cool new guy on the block? >> you know, i don't think i'm that cool, actually. for one, i'm
the heart of romney's argument against obama is obama hasn't helped the economy. ohio is a state it is doing better than the national of a range the auto bailout has a practical effect on people's lives, know people working in auto plant, suppliers of auto plant and the natural gas boom, a little beneath the radar has helped the unemployment rate in ohio. that is has resulted in obama dog better nationally better than nationalism people talking about the possibility romney could pull out of...
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obama moved the numbers, maybe not. i think that would be good evidence that the obama campaign's attacks on mitt romney's character have been effective. i think that's evidence of the personal connection of voters to the president has a more durable standing in the polls than maybe the economy would suggest and suggest that obama's strength among his base voters keeps him in the race longer even if the voters aren't convinced he'll do well on the economy. >> nate, if the election is held today, who do you think would win? >> i think that the battleground state polls give cause to think that obama still has a lead in the electoral college and ohio in particular doesn't look like romney closed the gap but obama has an edge in nevada, wisconsin, iowa, maybe new hampshire and getting to 281 electoral votes. for romney to change my mind he would need to show improvement in ohio. >> nate, this is the regular spot. see you back here next wednesday. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> straight ahead, our
obama moved the numbers, maybe not. i think that would be good evidence that the obama campaign's attacks on mitt romney's character have been effective. i think that's evidence of the personal connection of voters to the president has a more durable standing in the polls than maybe the economy would suggest and suggest that obama's strength among his base voters keeps him in the race longer even if the voters aren't convinced he'll do well on the economy. >> nate, if the election is held...
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obama refers to him as achieving the m.a.s. american dream. j is not a politically conscious emcee, but he does occasionally mention political issues. just being a rapper makes you a political entity because so many have presented themselves as political activists or like sister souljah, have become a political football. still, j is one of the few emcees working together with the crossover charisma to and pull off an ad like this. we know what the president thinks of kanye. j's worth over $400 million and has rhymed that he feels like a black republican. he's a capitalist who might be receptive to that personal responsibility message. if anyone built it all by themselves, it was j j-- jay-z. that pick-off would be impossible because jay understands the spiritual i mpot of obama. in hip-hop there's no country for conservativism even though the gop's san franciscon
obama refers to him as achieving the m.a.s. american dream. j is not a politically conscious emcee, but he does occasionally mention political issues. just being a rapper makes you a political entity because so many have presented themselves as political activists or like sister souljah, have become a political football. still, j is one of the few emcees working together with the crossover charisma to and pull off an ad like this. we know what the president thinks of kanye. j's worth over $400...
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obama is still up despite all the volatility and all the movement of last week, obama is still up one to three points depending on the pole in ohio. if obama gets ohio he is basically on the one yard line and romney would have to win wisconsin or nevada and iowa. in wisconsin obama is over 50% up 2 poir.5 points. in iowa up three points and gallup's approval number for obama is 52%, which is extremely healthy. there are still extremely strong and healthy numbers for obama throughout to look at. >> steve, i want to direct your attention to a couple of other numbers. one as real clear politics points out, erin mcpike story, the early and absentee voting numbers are looking good for romney. republicans are surpassing democrats in half of those key states. republicans request for early and absentee ballots are up in colorado and florida and north carolina so i think maybe you could see some tightening over the next couple of weeks that the polls haven't been able to account for. what i want to ask you about are two indications that independents have changed their minds a little bit. in vi
obama is still up despite all the volatility and all the movement of last week, obama is still up one to three points depending on the pole in ohio. if obama gets ohio he is basically on the one yard line and romney would have to win wisconsin or nevada and iowa. in wisconsin obama is over 50% up 2 poir.5 points. in iowa up three points and gallup's approval number for obama is 52%, which is extremely healthy. there are still extremely strong and healthy numbers for obama throughout to look at....
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when the party is out of power during the last four years of the obama administration, the party out of power is the obstructionist party. i would agree over the course of time it's gotten worse and worse. there's no doubt during this period we've seen seen such polarization. during this current period the republicans are at the center of that. just during the bush presidency we saw a whole new grassroots left wing movement emerge that was targeted at making extreme comments about president bush and the cheney administration. i fear that if we do have a romney administration that there will be a lot of democrats frustrated with the way republicans have acted during this term and are going to demand that their leaders not compromise with the president romney and come up with solutions to these fiscal cliff problems that are a big issue. instead of increasing this dynamic, ned of it getting worse and worse and worse, we represent a majority of americans who say we have to come together, not on every issue and we can agree to disagree and go to the ballot to deal with high-charging soci
when the party is out of power during the last four years of the obama administration, the party out of power is the obstructionist party. i would agree over the course of time it's gotten worse and worse. there's no doubt during this period we've seen seen such polarization. during this current period the republicans are at the center of that. just during the bush presidency we saw a whole new grassroots left wing movement emerge that was targeted at making extreme comments about president...
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today the shoe is on the other food for obama/biden and romney/ryan. last week it was the president's team facing high expectations. this week it is paul ryan who is expected to perform well. last week the stakes were monumental for the romney team who desperately needed a strong performance to overcome weeks of mistakes, bad polls and republican hand wringing. this week it is team obama facing high stakes to stop the bleeding and quiet the lamenting of freaked out democrats who were disappointed with last week's apathetic performance. the stylistic shoe may be on the other foot as well. ryan like obama can come across as cerebral and distant. one last thing, while the pressure is on for biden, a lot is at stake for ryan too. while he is well known by inside the belt way crowd, the national audience is just getting to know ryan. his unnecessary bending of the truth sullied his reputation. this is take two for ryan to make a favorable impression and to preserve his own future regardless of whether the romney ryan ticket. this is happening in kentucky, a
today the shoe is on the other food for obama/biden and romney/ryan. last week it was the president's team facing high expectations. this week it is paul ryan who is expected to perform well. last week the stakes were monumental for the romney team who desperately needed a strong performance to overcome weeks of mistakes, bad polls and republican hand wringing. this week it is team obama facing high stakes to stop the bleeding and quiet the lamenting of freaked out democrats who were...
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the speculation is so kind of apology to obama there. what sticks out, there's mitt romney standing there sort of watching the whole thing. i can remember it's like the father who walks his kid over to the youth baseball coach and makes him apologize for staring at him or something. that was the dynamic i was picking up. what did you make of that? >> it had that feel to it, and the fact that romney's son made the overture, the hand around the back, short of a lip reader, it had all the physical trappings of the apology and the president whispering in his ear something to the effect of, listen, kid, we all lose our temper. >> don't sweat it. >> it had that feel to it. >> next time we'll bring in a lip reader, too. >> up next the own version of the spin room with two experts watching this very closely. what's not debatable, though? the best zinger, fewer horses and bayonets. zing! hello, what do you know about these? well the furby can actually dance to your kids' music... my kids have a lot of music. and the itikes discover map has this c
the speculation is so kind of apology to obama there. what sticks out, there's mitt romney standing there sort of watching the whole thing. i can remember it's like the father who walks his kid over to the youth baseball coach and makes him apologize for staring at him or something. that was the dynamic i was picking up. what did you make of that? >> it had that feel to it, and the fact that romney's son made the overture, the hand around the back, short of a lip reader, it had all the...
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that the democrats and the obama campaign dispensed with early. they made the decision to paint him as a latter day barry goldwater because it poll tested bertd than the focus groups when they talked about romney as a flip-flopper. that may be so. romney is a guy that lacks ate lot of core convictions. now obama comes back to it, and that's what he harps on in the debate. >> do you think we have different expectations for candidates depending on whether they're an incumbent or challenger? in 2008 the president was called no drama obama. one of the things that were appeal about him was he seem, cool, calm and collected in the face of the financial crisis, and that was his demeanor during the debates. when he came out in the first debate, his demeanor similar in that way was judged as aloof and distant and disconnected. do we have different expectations depending on whether the candidate is a challenger or incumbent? >> first of all, the short answer is yes. as regards obama, i think that's been the fine line that he's had to walk. to appear as this
that the democrats and the obama campaign dispensed with early. they made the decision to paint him as a latter day barry goldwater because it poll tested bertd than the focus groups when they talked about romney as a flip-flopper. that may be so. romney is a guy that lacks ate lot of core convictions. now obama comes back to it, and that's what he harps on in the debate. >> do you think we have different expectations for candidates depending on whether they're an incumbent or challenger?...
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end up hurting obama in the end. it worked for bill clinton because he was seen as a centrist. he was viewed by voters as a progressive and people see mitt romney as a flip-flopper. what you are your thoughts? >> the real reasons that barack obama has to worry about mitt romney right now are the state of the economy, number one, and also number two, he has to worry about mitt romney because he fell asleep in the first debate and let him come in when mitt romney had a lead in the swing states. whether they painted him as a flip-flopper or extreme conservative, it seemed to be working all summer. people were crediting bill clinton with this brilliant idea of the narrative and things turn in the polls and he's not seen as a genius. the real thing is the state of the economy more than anything else. >> i've been skeptical of this advice clinton gave about dpoent play the flip-flopper card. it's because the flip-flopper card was played so much on clinton. this was the guy who said he would have voted for the war in 1991,
end up hurting obama in the end. it worked for bill clinton because he was seen as a centrist. he was viewed by voters as a progressive and people see mitt romney as a flip-flopper. what you are your thoughts? >> the real reasons that barack obama has to worry about mitt romney right now are the state of the economy, number one, and also number two, he has to worry about mitt romney because he fell asleep in the first debate and let him come in when mitt romney had a lead in the swing...
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sides of the aisle have talked about some of the challenges obama will have in the debates. hugh hewitt has a piece out in which he talks about one of obama's debate tales which is feigned outrage that someone would dare to interrupt him. he says when this happens, his coun ten nance displays a disapprovinger. >> and voice clouds with displeasure, it is practiced and profoundly anti-democratic and arrogant. if he plays this card on this stage it will backfire. if kerry is filling in for romney against this debate, you know, against obama in debate prep, is he preparing him for more than just substance? is he also preparing him for these stylistic what-ifs? these moments where obama could be pulled in one direction or the other and trying to sort of hedge against that? >> well, i think the biggest disadvantage obama has right now is practice. mitt romney's had a lot of debates. he went through a long primary practice where he got beat up a lot and got to beat up other people. barack obama had no primary process and has not been in a debate since his debates in the last electi
sides of the aisle have talked about some of the challenges obama will have in the debates. hugh hewitt has a piece out in which he talks about one of obama's debate tales which is feigned outrage that someone would dare to interrupt him. he says when this happens, his coun ten nance displays a disapprovinger. >> and voice clouds with displeasure, it is practiced and profoundly anti-democratic and arrogant. if he plays this card on this stage it will backfire. if kerry is filling in for...
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that's the biggest danger for obama. the pressure is really on him here, and he needs to thread the needle and be forceful without being overbearing, he needs to appear to be presidential while also getting in the gutter and mixing up with romney. it's a very difficult task, but, of course, it's one he created for himself a week ago. >> well, we've all been a little dismissive of polls today, but i'll ask you about another one, dana. the politico/george washington battleground role has romney improving his likability since the denver debate. going into the denver debate his favorables were 47% 47% and now it's 51 to 44. do you think president obama was really sort of trying to protect his likability in that last debate, and that's why you saw him playing things a little close to the vest, not being too emotional, not being aggressive, and do you think he's going to work to fix that to counterbalance that tomorrow? >> i think obama was getting carried away with the rough weeks that romney had. i said, i'm going to be pres
that's the biggest danger for obama. the pressure is really on him here, and he needs to thread the needle and be forceful without being overbearing, he needs to appear to be presidential while also getting in the gutter and mixing up with romney. it's a very difficult task, but, of course, it's one he created for himself a week ago. >> well, we've all been a little dismissive of polls today, but i'll ask you about another one, dana. the politico/george washington battleground role has...
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one we've gotten arguably the best economic news of barack obama's presidency in the last month. housing starts are up. the unemployment rate back one 8%. mists saying they see good things coming on the horizon over the next couple of years. and there's polling evidence as well more americans are saying yes we are better off than four years ago. yet in that same time, in this past month obama is standing against romney on the question of who do you trust to hand tell economy has dropped. they were learning even on that question when obama was ahead now in the latest abc tracking poll the advantage for romney on that question is nine points. that want seems to be driving the come back he had in october. how do you acquire those two things? >> you know it's a bigamistry and i wish i had a simple answer for you. i think one part of it is romney has gotten better at presenting his economic platform. he talks about this five-point plan. i find the five points to be extremely vague and it sounds like a more coherent plan that it really is. a lot of it is five aspirational things like e
one we've gotten arguably the best economic news of barack obama's presidency in the last month. housing starts are up. the unemployment rate back one 8%. mists saying they see good things coming on the horizon over the next couple of years. and there's polling evidence as well more americans are saying yes we are better off than four years ago. yet in that same time, in this past month obama is standing against romney on the question of who do you trust to hand tell economy has dropped. they...
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the most important poll of the day we're not talking about is the psycscholastic student poll obama won that. the polls are driving the narrative rather than i go straighting it, and we're sort of driving behind the polls for the story. do you think that is destructive to the narrative in general? >> absolutely. you have to be very careful about polls and you don't want to read too much into them. they're a snapshot of a moment in time. they are important to give you a sense of where people are. you can talk to so many people in diners. it gives you a sense in aggregate of where people view candidates on the issues. going back to something tom brokaw was saying earlier, you can look at the top lines, but where i find the most value in the positivells is on the head-d measurements on the individual character issues and the bread and butter issues. we tracked very carefully which candidate shares your values. right now obama has an advantage. another one of the things that we ask is, who is the candidate who can best get things done? romney has an edge there, and he opened it up after den
the most important poll of the day we're not talking about is the psycscholastic student poll obama won that. the polls are driving the narrative rather than i go straighting it, and we're sort of driving behind the polls for the story. do you think that is destructive to the narrative in general? >> absolutely. you have to be very careful about polls and you don't want to read too much into them. they're a snapshot of a moment in time. they are important to give you a sense of where...
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and obama expresses a lot more of the estrogen. he's emotionally expressive, he sees the big picture, he's very contextual, holistic minded, got very good people skills, very good verbal skills, he's quite imaginative, these are all traits that are linked with the estrogen system. >> okay. >> you know, helen, i often think we spend too much time thinking about individual traits and the individual style of presidents when we're trying to understand them, when so much of what they do is just a function of their party label. they're there to advocate for their party's agenda. i wonder if you can apply some of this thinking, some of these traits and characteristics to the two parties today? do you see one that's more, you know, that's more analytical or one that's more emotional or whatever? does it apply to parties and not just people? >> on chemistry.com, i studied 175,000 people and i asked them a whole lot of things about themselves, but also, of course, what their politics were. there are a lot of studies, actually, of the basic t
and obama expresses a lot more of the estrogen. he's emotionally expressive, he sees the big picture, he's very contextual, holistic minded, got very good people skills, very good verbal skills, he's quite imaginative, these are all traits that are linked with the estrogen system. >> okay. >> you know, helen, i often think we spend too much time thinking about individual traits and the individual style of presidents when we're trying to understand them, when so much of what they do...
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was not just the mail and the messages and the ads out of the obama campaign, but the actual perception they were running an effective campaign and he was an effective leader because of that campaign. does that typically persuade voters, the perception of a good campaign? >> i think it does. it suggests he can manage a big undertaking because a presidential campaign is large and messy, trust me. he managed it with great success in 2008. beating hillary clinton, coming out of nowhere, defeating john mccain. there were very few mistakes common about bitter and guns and religion in pennsylvania was certainly one mistake. he didn't make very many mistakes that whole time. >> john, putting bad campaigners aside for a minute, let's talk about reluctant campaigners. i think the skill set to be a good campaigner and the skill set to be a good leader might be in direct opposition to someone. if someone is a reluctant salesman, humble and reluctant to take the spotlight, that might make him a good leader. george washington had to be convinced to take the job the first time, was reluctant to take
was not just the mail and the messages and the ads out of the obama campaign, but the actual perception they were running an effective campaign and he was an effective leader because of that campaign. does that typically persuade voters, the perception of a good campaign? >> i think it does. it suggests he can manage a big undertaking because a presidential campaign is large and messy, trust me. he managed it with great success in 2008. beating hillary clinton, coming out of nowhere,...
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if romney takes the lead consistently, is that the danger for obama? the media narrative changes and he's coming from behind? >> that's true. it's a pretty big if. the poll of polls is much more reliable than individual polls, because they can be all over the lot. i do think there is definitely the risk of media overreaction just as we overreacted to the sense it was curtains for romney before. i suspect there will be some of the overreaction now. now that they brought out big bird, i think that really will change the trajectory here. >> game changer. you know who i miss from the republican primary? >> who do you miss? >> newt gingrich. not enough nut ewt in this campaign. let's take a look. >> he said, i will close enough deductions that wealthy americans will not get a net tax cut. now, that's a pretty clear subscription. >> and it's impossible to -- >> let me say this. standing on the stage with you in arizona, this is what mitt romney said. number one, i said today we're going to cut taxes on everyone across the country by 20% including the top 1%.
if romney takes the lead consistently, is that the danger for obama? the media narrative changes and he's coming from behind? >> that's true. it's a pretty big if. the poll of polls is much more reliable than individual polls, because they can be all over the lot. i do think there is definitely the risk of media overreaction just as we overreacted to the sense it was curtains for romney before. i suspect there will be some of the overreaction now. now that they brought out big bird, i...
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it gave them the hope that the obama thing will be an aberration. we'll see a different obama. that's fine. can this ever be something that's transcended? bringing undecided voters into the obama fold, maybe switching people around. does it work outside of the democratic base? i don't really think it does. i was thinking about why. i think a lot of it has to do with a lot of the themes that biden pressed, a lot of the themes democrats liked to see biden and hear biden pressing last night. don't necessarily have automatic resonance outside of the democratic base. i think for biden to bring it up, very effective with the base. i don't think he bro ut that up and walked the audience through it in the way the casual viewer who doesn't know that much about the tape would say, okay, i get his point. that's offensive to what romney said. >> i disagree with that. we saw how damaging that 47% was. i think that came across very well from paul ryan. the moment joe biden said with all due respect that's a bunch of malarkey, he won the debate in that moment. he made it clear he was going to
it gave them the hope that the obama thing will be an aberration. we'll see a different obama. that's fine. can this ever be something that's transcended? bringing undecided voters into the obama fold, maybe switching people around. does it work outside of the democratic base? i don't really think it does. i was thinking about why. i think a lot of it has to do with a lot of the themes that biden pressed, a lot of the themes democrats liked to see biden and hear biden pressing last night. don't...
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barack obama didn't have the last time he debated. anything he says about a foreign country can be judged in diplomatic terms when he talks about issues and congress. these are blow up. he knows too much in a way and has to figure out how to bring back the knowledge set to what he says publicly both from a legal and sort of intelligence standpoint and also just from a good politicliolitical standpoi. >> he knows too much. >> jonathan, i think i can count on you to be objective with me. some would argue that obama has been given something of a pass on his record over the past year, and this might be the first real opportunity face-to-face to be pressed on his broken promises and record highs. high-d deaf sights and poverty d spending, on and on. from what you know of our friend, jim lair, do you expect these kinds of tough questions to come out in the debates? >> one of the talents of jim lair is the ability to ask questions that really reveal a lot from the people that he has as guests on his show or in a debate setting. not to put sw
barack obama didn't have the last time he debated. anything he says about a foreign country can be judged in diplomatic terms when he talks about issues and congress. these are blow up. he knows too much in a way and has to figure out how to bring back the knowledge set to what he says publicly both from a legal and sort of intelligence standpoint and also just from a good politicliolitical standpoi. >> he knows too much. >> jonathan, i think i can count on you to be objective with...
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we will return to breathless speculation about the fates of president obama and mitt romney. we'll talk about voters in ohio and colorado and florida, about jobless numbers and turnout and down ballot races, and i can guarantee that over the course of the next week my cycle co-hosts and i will argue more than once about who is up and who is done and about what the voters will decide on november 6th and why. but last night just for a night we gathered for a meal, our very nervous and generous bosses stuck us in a hotel to' sure we'd be safe and at work today, and it gave us a much-needed occasion to spend time together as a family. not talking about politics, boring campaign trail speeches and the stupid things that senate candidates say. steve and toure, krystal and her husband and daughter, me and my fiance all hunkered down to ride out the storm. we laughed about running into some colleagues from another network. we gossiped about work. we talked about kids and family, and the only argument we had was over steve's repeated trips to the buffet to carb load on potatoes. he su
we will return to breathless speculation about the fates of president obama and mitt romney. we'll talk about voters in ohio and colorado and florida, about jobless numbers and turnout and down ballot races, and i can guarantee that over the course of the next week my cycle co-hosts and i will argue more than once about who is up and who is done and about what the voters will decide on november 6th and why. but last night just for a night we gathered for a meal, our very nervous and generous...